Lithuania calculated how many times NATO fighters took off to intercept Russian aircraft
NATO fighter jets took off nine times last week to escort Russian military aircraft flying over international space over the Baltic Sea, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This is stated in a statement by the press service of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, published on the department’s website.
“From 5 to 11 August, NATO fighter aircraft participating in the NATO Baltic air policing mission conducted 9 alert missions to identify and escort Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea,” the ministry said in a statement.
Thus, it is reported that on August 5, NATO fighters intercepted two SU-27 aircraft taking off from Kaliningrad, which were accompanying a Tu-142 aircraft taking off from the Russian mainland.
Also on August 5, NATO air police fighters intercepted two Su-27 fighters flying from Kaliningrad to the Latvian flight information region and back.
On August 6, a NATO fighter intercepted a Tu-134 aircraft that had entered the airspace of the Republic of Lithuania due to bad weather conditions over the Baltic Sea.
On August 6, fighter jets on a NATO air policing mission intercepted two SU-27 aircraft and two Il-38 aircraft en route from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia.
On August 7, a NATO fighter intercepted one An-26 aircraft flying from Kaliningrad to the mainland.
On August 8, NATO fighters intercepted one Tu-142 aircraft flying into international airspace over the Baltic Sea from the Russian mainland and then back, and two Su-30 aircraft flying from Kaliningrad and back into international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On August 8, NATO fighters intercepted one SU-27 aircraft flying from Kaliningrad into international airspace over the Baltic Sea and then back.
On August 8, NATO air policing fighters intercepted two Su-30 fighters flying from Kaliningrad to international airspace over the Baltic Sea and back.
On August 10, NATO fighters intercepted two SU-27 aircraft en route from Kaliningrad to international airspace over the Baltic Sea and back to escort one Tu-134 en route from the Russian mainland to Kaliningrad.
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